No, not another "will there be thief4" thread, but...

butsomuch on 5/4/2008 at 01:06

(http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000080&id=520041754) Stephane D'Astous' facebook profile (General Manager at Eidos Montreal)

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jtr7 on 5/4/2008 at 01:08

HAHA!:laff: :thumb:

Renault on 5/4/2008 at 01:27

Wow - you hate to say game/set/match, but that's pretty convincing... :eek:

Chade on 5/4/2008 at 01:33

So ... anyone want to bet money on the swear words used around here when they reveal they are doing a modern thief? ;)

EDIT: Oh, and

(http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denis-talbot.com%2Fcontent%2Fview%2F525%2F45%2F&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8)

Musopticon? on 5/4/2008 at 02:12

Starcraft 2, DoW 2, Sam and Max episodes, Deus Ex 3 and now this? Truly we live in awesome times.

I estimate that the game will have just about nothing to do with the previous game and instead a lot to do with Assassin's Creed. That, in itself, is not a bad thing, thanks to larger scope of a free-roam and other juicy associations the name brings. Still, I'd rather they kept their design focus and marketing on how cool being invisible, acrobatic and on top of the game is, rather than trying to appeal to the lowest denominator, ergo the ultimate retardation that was Thief 3's release trailer for instance.

Thanks to funcroc for posting this on Obsidian boards. I knew Thief General would be a seething hotbed in a matter of hours.

This'll be glorious.

Also, long time no see. I expect there's still someone going "aw, not that guy again" somewhere there. Ah, home.:p

jtr7 on 5/4/2008 at 02:22

There it is! Adding to (not yet subtracting from) this Thiefy Renaissance I spoke of weeks ago. :cool:

*click* The French! Oh man, it would be awesome if they could incorporate concepts from (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118275) that article Solabusca posted!

If they do away with the elemental crystals, or make it not only modern, but not even 200 years into The City's future, and it turns out to be like a GTA, there will be serious cussing without the taffin' taft. I hope "modern" doesn't mean "no fantasy elements except the outrageously boobalicious virtual babes." To see Pagan gods and godesses in a modernised City would help, as well as the adoption of old Mechanist ideas, but without the wacky leader. Karath Din has become a historical museum and tourist attraction. And what of the Glyphs that the Keepers' great great great great grandchildren have inherited?

Thanks Chade, you sneaky taffer...slipping this in quietly and sneaking out again.

Shadak on 5/4/2008 at 03:11

Maybe some sort of "Highlander" concept, with flashbacks story scenes but modern setting (with hidden/undergroun fantasy elements) gameplay?

Digital Nightfall on 5/4/2008 at 03:18

I can see only one good thing coming from a Thief 4.

Mark my words on this one.

I am 100% serious.

It will make people love Deadly Shadows.

;)

jtr7 on 5/4/2008 at 03:21

Yep. And all those neo-tafferites will come spilling in here. :(

If it's Thief Modern, and he carries a gun, will it fire bullets, or will it be an air-gun that fires elemental crystal pellets and a grappling rope? The blackjack makes less sense and would seem overtly thuggish, as would a gun that fires bullets.

traveler on 5/4/2008 at 03:28

Time travel elements? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

:cool: